Histopolis Place-of-the-Day
Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Wednesday, October 6, 2010 is the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, San Mateo County, California.
"Golden Gate National Cemetery is located in the city of San Bruno, San Mateo County, 12 miles south of San Francisco. Because of the name and location, it is frequently confused with San Francisco National Cemetery, which dates to the 19th century and is in that city’s Presidio, in view of the Golden Gate Bridge. About 1937, San Francisco residents voted to no longer build cemeteries within the city proper and, as a result, the site for the new national cemetery was selected south of the city limits."Congress authorized construction of the facility in 1937, with the first interments in 1941. The cemetery was officially dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1942. Then-Attorney General Earl Warren (and later U.S. Supreme Court justice) was keynote speaker at the ceremony. Golden Gate is one of a large number of U.S. Army planned cemeteries started in the 1930s and completed during the 1940s. They were designed specifically to provide abundant burial opportunities in locations around the nation in cities with very large veteran populations.
"Over the years several attempts to expand Golden Gate National Cemetery were met with resistance from local residents, so it has remained at its original 161 acres since 1941."
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October 2010
Day | Place |
1 | Whatcom County, Washington |
2 | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia |
3 | Barrancas National Cemetery, Escambia County, Florida |
4 | Calverton National Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York |
5 | Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado |
6 | Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California |
7 | Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
8 | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California |
9 | Houston National Cemetery, Harris County, Texas |
10 | Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
11 | Alton National Cemetery, Alton, Alton Township, Madison County, Illinois |
12 | Balls Bluff National Cemetery, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia |
13 | Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland |
14 | Bath National Cemetery, Steuben County, New York |
15 | Beverly National Cemetery, Edgewater Park Township, Burlington County, New Jersey |
16 | Black Hills National Cemetery, Unorganized Territory of Southwest Meade, Meade County, South Dakota |
17 | Cave Hill National Cemetery, Cave Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
18 | City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia |
19 | Cold Harbor National Cemetery, Hanover County, Virginia |
20 | Corinth National Cemetery, Corinth, Supervisor District 3, Alcorn County, Mississippi |
21 | Crown Hill National Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Center Township, Marion County, Indiana |
22 | Danville National Cemetery, Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois |
23 | Fayetteville National Cemetery, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas |
24 | Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas |
25 | Togus National Cemetery, Chelsea Town, Kennebec County, Maine |
26 | Fort Meade National Cemetery, Unorganized Territory of Southwest Meade, Meade County, South Dakota |
27 | Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery, Fort Winnebago Town, Columbia County, Wisconsin |
28 | Long Island National Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York |
29 | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona |
30 | Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas |
31 | Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma |
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Note: The first Place-of-the-Day was in September 2010